And, because of their fear (most of which is from ignorance), they seek to deprive others of a right that is guaranteed.

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Bugalugs: "people join the military because they are stupid and gullible."

Make no mistake about this people. The "assault" weapons ban outlawed the new manufacture of cosmetic items. It was purely "feel-good" legislation. It banned things like bayonet lugs (the thingy to attach your bayonet to. Really useful for those drive-by bayonettings for you and your homies. ).

The only teeth that it had was the ban of magazines over 10 rounds. Since there are millions and millions of large capacity magazines in the world, it doesn't really matter too much. I just saw a catalog where the hi-cap zines ran from $15 to $70 USD. Hey, found a linky!
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/d...897EG6DUWR9538

"Assault" weapons are NOT machine guns, they are RARELY used in crimes, they are NOT more deadly than, say a 12 gauge shotgun. They are often painted black (ooooo, evil.) . They are little different than what you can buy at KMart, as noted.

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Long range tactical rifles ("sniper rifles") are widely used in recreational and competitive long-range shooting activities. This is widely popular up here in Canada, where many civilians have precision tactical rifles, sometimes the same guns used by military and law enforcement.

There is no reason to ban a gun based on cosmetics. Black rifles look cool, are fun to plink with, are fun to hunt with, are fun to target shoot with, are fun to compete in competitions with, and are more than sufficient for self-defence purposes. Even though we have relatively strict gun control in Canada compared to the US, we are still able to buy many assault weapons, like the AR-15, Israeli Tavor, RobArms XCR, a few others. Not as great as selection as the US, but still better than Britain, Australia, and others who have banned all semi-automatic weapons, much less assault rifles.

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Moderators, call the authorities. Our ol' pal Wildbore has been kidnapped and an imposter is using his log-in.

I sure hope that he's OK and not

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By the way, the assault ban has been lifted for years now. Where is the massive, widespread violence occurring?

Answer: It's not. Because guns don't cause violence.

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The police in small towns are now packing .223 AR-15 assault rifles. I went to the police qualifier at my gun club. Since I went and saw how poorly these policemen shoot and how little knowledge they have of gun safety, I think more citizens should own assault weapons for their own protection. If these guys are protecting me when a war breaks out, the last thing I'll do is look to them for help.

And this is exactly why liberals need to be educated about guns and rifles. All the previous points are dead on.

I remember shortly after 9/11 waiting to pick up a family member from the airport and seeing some obviously ill-trained National Guardsmen walking around with their standard issue M-16 slung over their shoulders. A yuppyish-looking woman in her 40's looked in fright and asked her husband why they had to carry such big machine guns. I wanted to yell at her that that was just an M-16! Her father-in-law probably had more powerful rifles in his closet, albeit, maybe not capable of firing 3 round bursts, like that really matters unless you are being bum rushed by a million screaming chinamen and then, that wouldn't even matter.

I own a Bushmaster AR-15 tricked out with goodies. I have an M-1 Carbine from WWII & Korean wars. I have a Springfield 1903 30.06 used in WWI. I also own some handguns, shotguns and other goodies. Compared to some of my friends, my collection is quite basic.

My AR was purchased from Jim's Pawn Shop off the Yadkin 500 shortly after the Brady Bill was passed and was considered pre-ban. In college, my buddy went out and bought an AR that looked just like mine minus a few very minor details that few liberals would ever be able to notice. This post-ban assault rifle was just as deadly as my pre-ban assault rifle. The only real difference was in the user. My buddy was deadlier since had no concept of muzzle and trigger control.

If you want people to respect the environment and be good stewards, you educate them. If you want people to respect guns and use them safely for honorable reasons, you educate them. Ignorance is ignorance whether it's the environment or guns. I wish people could get that through their intellectual brains.

Uzi's are junk. The only thing they are good for is unmanned room clearing. I'd much rather have an MP5.

Being a great marksman is a useful skill. The skills used by snipers carry over very well into the hunting realm and vice versa. Many major metropolitan areas employ snipers very effectively. Having these skilled marksmen does prevent further casualities due to wild shootouts. They are also imperitive in hostage situations.

There are very few rifles that would be considered true sniper rifles. The overwhelming majority are modified hunting rifles tailored for military use. The standard M24 Sniper Weapon System used by the military is essentially a fancy Remington 700 chambered in the NATO 7.62x51. You can pick up a Remington 700 at Wal-Mart and trick it out to look like the M24. In fact, if you have the dough, you could get an expert gunsmith to make all parts trued and then you'd have a rifle that would be even more accurate and deadly than the M24.

The term sniper is so wishy washy and could mean anything. I could put a mean looking scope on my Ruger 10/22, go out and shoot my neighbor's dog from my roof, and I'd bet the papers would report that the dog was shot with a sniper rifle.

LOL. Actually, I doubt these local cops would have such intent. Rather, maybe you should go out and buy a kevlar helmet and some level 3-A body armor with ceramic or polyethelene plates! Wouldn't the site of that scare some liberals.